Title: Locker Knocker Time
Author: Stormy1x2
Word Count: 440
Notes: Danny is starting to appreciate the fact that Peter is much more together then Ava and the rest of them think. With appreciation comes respect, and he does not like what he sees in the hallways of Midtown High School.
Time Frame: This takes place during Season 1, Episode 2 – Danny's POV when Flash came after Peter near the end of the episode.
Locker Knocker Time
Danny had to admit – he was rather impressed by their new team leader. Spider-Man had a bit of an attitude problem, but perhaps that was something that occurred naturally when one had been fighting the good fight on their own for such a long period of time.
Spider-Man had not only taken out the three members of the Frightful Four with relative ease, but he had reminded them of something that seemed to have been somewhat by-passed in their SHIELD training. The teens words still echoed in his head: "Superhero 101 – we can defend ourselves. They can't."
Not only had the Spider wrapped up the battle in a matter of minutes, he had done so while rescuing both Thundra and the Wizard from falls that could have killed them (or at least in Thundra's case, severely wounded) and catching the lid of the water tower before it could crush the throngs of people on the street below who had stopped to catch a glimpse of the fight above.
The battle had taught him many things in such a short time. A closer association with the Spider through regular school attendance might prove invaluable. He had been happy to hear Fury's mandate that they attend Midtown High with Spider-Man – no, Peter Parker. After all, he had left Kun L'un to learn. Peter seemed like a good, if somewhat reluctant, teacher.
Which was why 'locker knocker time' bothered him so much. He and the others had arrived in the hallway just in time to see a hulking blond make a fist and run at the Spider, a happily evil sneer upon his features. Danny had expected the Spider to move, or do something, but he didn't. Peter stood there watching his attacker come forward with – depressed anticipation? Resignation? Had Luke not gripped the Spider's shirt to yank him out of the way, Peter might have taken a relatively hard hit and fall straight into the locker, exactly like the jock wound up doing.
It was smart, Danny realized. Peter didn't want to bring attention to his strength. But surely, he could at least try to defend himself? Was he that worried about being found out?
If that was the case, then Danny decided the least he could do was aid the Spider in cloaking his abilities, as Luke had just done. And if that meant walking Peter to his locker before and after classes, well, that was a sacrifice he was willing to make.
End
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